Dumb may refer to:
A human state
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Muteness Muteness or mutism () is defined as an absence of speech while conserving or maintaining the ability to hear the speech of others. Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregi ...
, the condition of being unwilling or unable to speak
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Stupidity
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word ''stupid'' comes from the Latin word ''stupere''. Stupid characters are often used for comedy in fictional stories. Walter B ...
, a lack of intelligence
Songs
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"Dumb" (Faith Evans song), 2012
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"Dumb" (Nirvana song), a 1993 song from Nirvana's album ''In Utero''
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"Dumb" (The 411 song), a 2004 song by the group The 411
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"Dumb" (Tich song), 2013
* "Dumb", a 1998 song from Garbage's album ''
Version 2.0''
* "Dumb", a 2011 song by Jason Derulo from ''
Future History
A future history is a postulated history of the future and is used by authors of science fiction and other speculative fiction to construct a common background for fiction. Sometimes the author publishes a timeline of events in the history, whi ...
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* "Dumb", a 2012 song by rapper
Obie Trice
Obie Trice III (born November 14, 1977) is an American rapper. He was signed to fellow Detroit rapper Eminem's Shady Records in 2002, where he released the albums ''Cheers'' (2003) and ''Second Round's on Me'' (2006). Trice formed his own record ...
, from the mixtape ''Watch the Chrome''
* "Dumb", a 2016 song by Todrick Hall from ''
Straight Outta Oz
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Other uses
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Dumb terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system. The teletype was an example of an early-day hard-copy terminal a ...
, a type of computer terminal lacking independent processing
See also
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Deaf and dumb
Deaf-mute is a term which was used historically to identify a person who was either deaf and used sign language or both deaf and could not speak. The term continues to be used to refer to deaf people who cannot speak an oral language or have som ...
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Dummer (disambiguation)
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Dumbing down
Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games, and culture. Originated in 1933, the term "dumbing down" was movie-business slang, used by screenplay writers, meani ...
, the term referring to oversimplification of a topic
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Dummy (disambiguation)
Dummy may refer to:
Dolls
* Mannequin, a model of the human body
* Dummy (ventriloquism)
* Crash test dummy
People
* Dummy (nickname), any of several people with the nickname
* Dummy, the Witch of Sible Hedingham (c. 1788–1863), one of the la ...
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